Adgateville, Georgia
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Hillsboro census division. It lies in ZIP code area 31038. The Survey maps it on the Hillsboro quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 12 printed sheetsMatched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.
- 1953 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Hillsboro quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1981 USGS Milledgeville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1988 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
154 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 154 fires within 5 miles of Adgateville between 1992 and 2020, burning about 411 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 10 were recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Reported cause | Fires |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 101 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 10 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 |
| Smoking | 8 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 8 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 8 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 1.8 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2020JASPER003 |
| 4 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2020JASPER002 |
| 4 September 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.5 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 14 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 1 September 2011 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2012-JASPER-006 |
| 7 August 2002 | Debris and open burning | 2.1 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2003-JASPER-003 |
| 27 August 2011 | Debris and open burning | 1.7 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2012-JASPER-005 |
| 26 August 1998 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
5 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Adgateville: 2 prospects, 2 past producers, 1 plant. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Mica, Feldspar, Vermiculite. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| C H Greer Mine | Vermiculite | Past Producer | ||
| Barron Prospect | Mica | Prospect | ||
| Feldspar Corp Jasper Quarry C | Feldspar | Past Producer | ||
| Feldspar Corp/ Ga Mine & Plant | Feldspar | Plant | ||
| Turner Prospect | Mica | Prospect |
Storms near this place
2 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Adgateville in 2 storm reports between 1997 and 2024: 1 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Adgateville | $1,000 | Tree down at felton mcmichael rd and hayes rd. |
| October 1997 | Hail | Adgateville | $600 | Jasper county 911 reported golfball size hail on highways 83 and 11 near Adgateville. The hail was 3 inches deep in some areas. |
Nearest settlements
The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Goolsby | 2.6 miles | 12 | |
| Hillsboro | 3.4 miles | 12 | |
| Kunsford (historical) | 4.5 miles | 12 | |
| Minneta | 4.8 miles | 11 | |
| McElheneys Crossroads | 4.9 miles | 14 | |
| Benton Crossing (historical) | 5.1 miles | 11 | |
| Piedmont (historical) | 5.3 miles | 11 | |
| Monticello | 5.7 miles | 11 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 354263. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.






